Advanced Management, Inc. Oak Ridge, Tennessee

About the AMI President

Dr. Stacy C. Myers

Stacy Myers is the founder and president of Advanced Management, Inc., a company that provides services which make business and manufacturing processes more profitable by managing a company's human resources more effectively. Prior to founding Advanced Management, Inc. in 1988, Dr. Myers had successful careers with two major corporations. Before entering the corporate world, he was a Professor at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois and the Coordinator of Graduate Studies in Communication at Morehead State University in Kentucky. In 1981, Dr. Myers joined A. E. Staley Corporation in Decatur, Illinois. While at Staley, Dr. Myers managed the corporate training effort and the selection and development of new college graduates for management training positions. During his time at Staley, he implemented a Performance Evaluation System with Staley Research and Development and a Career Development Program for the entire corporation. In 1985, Dr. Myers accepted the position of Human Resource Development Manager for Martin Marietta (now Lockheed Martin) Energy Systems in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. During his four years at Martin Marietta, he designed and managed the implementation of an Employee Climate Survey, served on the implementation team for the Positive Discipline Process, and designed and implemented a Performance Evaluation System. During his last year at MMES he was appointed the primary consultant to management for an organizational analysis project resulting in considerable savings for the corporation's operational budget. Dr. Myers has instructed courses in: Team Building, Leadership, Interpersonal Communication, Problem Solving/Decision Making, three different levels of Management Development, Performance Planning and Review, Career Development, all aspects of Total Quality/Employee Involvement, and numerous specific skill-based courses for supervisors and employees. Dr. Myers is certified to instruct courses by Kepner-Tregoe, Blessing and White, Zenger Miller, and an authorized distributor for Inscape Publishing Company. Dr. Myers has served as a consultant and/or facilitator to over a hundred of the Fortune 500 companies including General Electric, John Deere, Consolidated Edison, Tennessee Valley Authority, Toyota, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Lockheed Martin. He has served as Chairman of the Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce, and on the Boards of the East Tennessee Economic Council, Technology 2020, Knoxville Area Chamber Partnership, and the East Tennessee Economic Development Association. He is very active professionally in the American Society for Training and Development and the Society for Human Resource Management. He is a native of Sparta (White County), Tennessee, is married to Patricia Tanis Myers and has two daughters. He is a graduate of David Lipscomb College (B.A.) '68, Murray State University (M.A.) '70, and Southern Illinois University (Ph.D.) '72.